Yokoyama, Seiya
Kitazono, Ikumi
Higashi, Michiyo
Matsuo, Kei
Hamada, Taiji
Kirishima, Mari
Noguchi, Hirotsugu
Tasaki, Takashi
Murakami, Miki
Akahane, Toshiaki
Furukawa, Tatsuhiko
Ohtsuka, Takao
Sugimoto, Tomoyuki
Tanimoto, Akihide
Funding for this research was provided by:
a grant from Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Scientific Research (21K07222, 25K19910)
Research Support Project for Life Science and Drug Discovery (JP24ama121054)
Article History
Received: 10 May 2025
Accepted: 23 September 2025
First Online: 29 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The ethics committee of Kagoshima University Hospital (revised 26–145) approved the IRB application titled “Establishment of a System for the Early Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatobiliary Cancers Using Pancreatic Juice, Bile, and Duodenal Juice,” which covers the collection, storage, and research use of the tissue samples. Written informed consent was obtained from each patient.